"I suppose I could get a breeding colony of these things and then there'd be plenty of meat and hide, but I'm not sure how to keep them contained. They can climb trees." He says it a little wistfully looking at his tiny captive. He's not adverse to keeping livestock or butchering them, and he's already skinned a few mammoths on the ice planet. But this thing is adorable.

He reaches down to stroke its ears which it seems to tolerate while engaged in the important task of grooming, "Fortunately they don't climb too well when they're this young or I never would have caught her."

Which is definitely not answering the question about if he's going to keep it as a pet. Moving on.

"Need any help with what you're doing?"